West Bengal LS elections 2019: EC orders FIR against Babul Supriyo for threatening presiding officer in Asansol

"Central force can take charge of the booths but the agents are not able to come out from their houses. I will try to go to as many places as possible and help them. This is the modus operandi of the ruling party," he added.

Union minister Babul Supriyo (PIC/PTI)

Kolkata: The Election Commission on Monday directed the police to file an FIR against Babul Supriyo, BJP candidate Babul Supriyo for allegedly threatening presiding officer in Baraboni, Asansol at a polling booth earlier during the day. The order comes after the Union Minister's car was vandalised this morning in Asansol, amid voting for eight West Bengal constituencies in the fourth phase of Lok the Sabha polls was underway. Supriyo, however, was unharmed in the attack. The singer-turned-politician is the sitting MP of the Asansol parliamentary constituency, and has been re-nominated by the BJP, where he is pitted against the Trinamool Congress' actor-turned-politician Moon Moon Sen. The incident took place in the Barabani area after he went inside a polling booth to ensure that his party agents were allowed inside. The rear glass of the vehicle was shattered. "They are trying to stop me. But they won't be able to stop me like this. I will move to ensure that BJP agents are allowed," Supriyo told the media. ALSO READ: "Mamata Didi, your 40 MLAs are in touch with me": PM Modi's sensational claim "These men have attacked my car but said I was resorting to hooliganism. It is a ploy to confine me at a place but I will move. "Central force can take charge of the booths but the agents are not able to come out from their houses. I will try to go to as many places as possible and help them. This is the modus operandi of the ruling party," he added. Trinamool workers, on the other hand, alleged that Supriyo and his men had manhandled them. The Election Commission had sought a detailed report about the matter. (With additional information from IANS)